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"&lt;p&gt;JD McPherson conjures the sound of Fifties-style rock &amp;amp; roll so lovingly that you can practically see Sam Phillips grinning from the control room while McPherson howls away in the studio. When he wasn&amp;apos;t busy teaching art at a Tulsa middle school, the former punk rocker cut &lt;em&gt;Signs &amp;amp; Signifiers&lt;/em&gt; using vintage mics, stand-up bass and slap-back echo for a sound that recalls raw mid-Fifties Sun Records hits &amp;#x2013; Elvis Presley, Charlie Feathers &amp;#x2013; as well as pre-rock R&amp;amp;B stars like Big Joe Turner. McPherson may sound like a purist, but he&amp;apos;s a sharp songwriter, and his punk spirit and wry wordplay make this more than just a time trip. On the jumping &amp;quot;Dimes for Nickels,&amp;quot; he laments a wallet&amp;#xAD;sucking affair: &amp;quot;Pawned a long gold chain and my Chippendale rocker/A sauvignon blanc and a Black Johnnie Walker.&amp;quot; His loss is some sweaty rock club&amp;apos;s gain.&amp;#xA0;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;wm:embed type=\"related\"&gt;&lt;/wm:embed&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Listen to &amp;apos;Signs &amp;amp; Signifiers&amp;apos;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\r\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;wm:html type=\"inset\" id=\"1\"&gt;&lt;/wm:html&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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